Psalm 25:14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

It is one thing to read the promises of God and another to see them. The shining is this revelation of His glory, the essence of who God is not only in word but in promises kept. His promises are kept in three ways; dependent, independent and consequential.

Within His dependent promises is a requirement of performance on man’s part. God says in these promises, if you will I will. God is not obligated to keep His promise because it is dependent on man to do his part. Many of the Mosaic laws are written specifically that way.

God’s independent promises are not provisional because God declares I will. Man has no obligation of performance in these promises. These promises are often directed towards specific circumstances and not any individual. In covenant relationship independent promises, individuals are directly affected.

The third type is usually lost on people because of the inherent nature of the cause. Sin has entered into the world and because of that consequences occur which affect everyone regardless of performance or relationship. We see in these times and places that sins committed half way around the globe influence us here because we have become a global community. It has always been this way but we are just now seeing how we as a world are connected in ways that we are only now becoming aware.

Two of these promises are temporal. Part of God’s independent promises are not. Those are His prophetic promises which outlast man’s dependency and sins involvement. The only escape from man’s dependency and sins involvement is God’s secret covenant.

Ephesians 3:9, Colossians 3:3  And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.